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This is how we do it in Oregon LOL
by onacruse inwell, i just saw on the news tonight that a long-time news reporter is retiring.. his most famous coverage was (and i hope one of my fellow oregonians can find this story and provide the link):.
about 25 years ago, a whale died and washed up on the beach.
this fellow was huge!
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Why Does God Permit Wickedness?
by undercover inhow many times did we, as jws, see that question?
how many times did we read or recite the same ole bs about allowing wicked people to try to rule themselves and failing?
god's soverienty was brought into question and now he'll give satan and man so many thousand years to give it a try.
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the society and education
by NewYork44M inexperience over the weekend.
just to clarify..... sad is the societys official acronym for special assembly day.
i attended yesterday at the brooklyn assembly hall with approximately 1,800 others.
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11/1/03 Watchtower: an open plea for more donations
by paterfamilias ini just read in the 11/1/03 wt an article entitled cultivate a giving spirit.
never have i seen the society so unashamedly extend its hands in search of more money.
i'm going to let the article speak for itself.
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Fading -- does it ever end?
by paterfamilias innext month will be my one year anniversary of starting to fade.
a year ago, i thought i was just in the middle of yet another slump in meeting attendance.
but one week led to another, and it got easier and easier to just stay away.. .
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Why So Many False Alarms?
by garybuss insomeone asked me for this back in a 1975 thread and i just found it.
awake!
1993 march, 22 why so many false alarms?
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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Destiny
by shotgun inwhat are your thoughts.. if god forewarned cain to change his path he must have known abel was in danger...why did he not warn abel?.
when jesus told his apostles to go into jeruselam and bring back an ass and its colt which would be tied up near the gate did he foreknow this or was his faith so strong that he knew according to the scriptures this would take place and god would make this happen as written.
the same for the fish with the coin in its mouth did he foreknow this or was it his faith in god that let him know that anything he asked would be accomplished.. what i'm getting at is...if for thousands of years the issue of gods right to rule has been played out on the earth how is it a real test if god decides to now and then manouver particular events to a phrophesied outcome.
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What Did You HATE Most About Being a Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus inwhen you look back at it, what irked you most about being a jw?